The federal government’s decision to sell its remaining shares in General Motors was a “shortsighted” move that could weaken the case to keep the automaker’s Oshawa plant open, Unifor officials said Tuesday.

A falling loonie is lowering hourly labour costs at Detroit Three auto plants in Canada, but unionized workers may have to temper wage hike expectations to preserve auto jobs and production here, an industry analyst said Tuesday.

General Motors Co. will invest more than $500 million for a new product at its assembly plant in Ingersoll, Ont., a move that will preserve about 3,000 jobs, according to a source familiar with the automaker’s plans.

A meeting Tuesday between Unifor president Jerry Dias and General Motors CEO Mary Barra ended with a pledge to continue discussions aimed at securing the long-term future of the automaker’s Oshawa operations, the union leader said.

I don’t know about impossible, but given that it’s taken almost 20 years to churn out five instalments of this series – something the early Bond franchise managed in six years, and the 1960s M:I TV show in just six weeks – these missions are certainly a lot of work